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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

82,887

100.0

enrolled in school

20,954

100.0

Native

80,948

97.7

Nursery school, preschool

1,258

6.0

Born in United States

80,770

97.4

Kindergarten

1,148

5.5

State of residence

70,981

85.6

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

10,068

48.0

Different state

9,789

11.8

High school (grades 9-12)

5,449

26.0

Born outside United States

178

0.2

College or graduate school

3,031

14.5

Foreign born

1,939

2.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

998

1.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

565

0.7

Population 25 years and over

55,452

100.0

Not a citizen

1,374

1.7

Less than 9th grade

3,697

6.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

4,865

8.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

23,853

43.0

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,939

100.0

Some college, no degree

10,359

18.7

Europe

448

23.1

Associate degree

4,099

7.4

Asia

925

47.7

Bachelor's degree

6,273

11.3

Africa

0

0.0

Graduate or professional degree

2,306

4.2

Oceania

9

0.5

Latin America

493

25.4

Percent high school graduate or higher

84.6

(X)

Northern America

64

3.3

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.5

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

78,124

100.0

Population 15 years and over

65,770

100.0

English only

74,004

94.7

Never married

15,799

24.0

Language other than English

4,120

5.3

Now married, except separated

39,137

59.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,642

2.1

Separated

715

1.1

Spanish

1,376

1.8

Widowed

4,801

7.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

608

0.8

Female

4,044

6.1

Other Indo-European languages

1,552

2.0

Divorced

5,318

8.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

416

0.5

Female

2,664

4.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

1,179

1.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

618

0.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

82,887

100.0

under 18 years

625

100.0

Total ancestries reported

101,382

122.3

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

328

52.5

Arab

53

0.1

Czech¹

8,276

10.0

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

722

0.9

Civilian population 18 years and over

61,787

100.0

Dutch

1,704

2.1

Civilian veterans

8,923

14.4

English

3,166

3.8

French (except Basque)¹

4,346

5.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

1,763

2.1

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

45,449

54.8

Population 5 to 20 years

19,353

100.0

Greek

141

0.2

With a disability

1,250

6.5

Hungarian

205

0.2

Population 21 to 64 years

45,556

100.0

Irish¹

7,033

8.5

With a disability

5,868

12.9

Italian

1,062

1.3

Percent employed

63.2

(X)

Lithuanian

198

0.2

No disability

39,688

87.1

Norwegian

4,168

5.0

Percent employed

85.5

(X)

Polish

9,132

11.0

Population 65 years and over

12,409

100.0

Portuguese

46

0.1

With a disability

4,131

33.3

Russian

402

0.5

Scotch-Irish

282

0.3

Scottish

511

0.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

124

0.1

Population 5 years and over

78,124

100.0

Subsaharan African

12

0.0

Same house in 1995

50,473

64.6

Swedish

1,102

1.3

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

27,166

34.8

Swiss

260

0.3

Same county

18,149

23.2

Ukrainian

60

0.1

Different county

9,017

11.5

United States or American

3,543

4.3

Same state

5,862

7.5

Welsh

160

0.2

Different state

3,155

4.0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

27

0.0

Elsewhere in 1995

485

0.6

Other ancestries

7,435

9.0

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.